Thread: Crawfish Boil Today

mmm yabbies...


*watches as all the non-Australians read it and go WHAT THE F&%K!?!?!*

I never lived in "Nawlins", but I had relatives in Port Sulphur. Mudbugs...yeah, I miss 'em. Now, I have lived in Idaho. And about the only thing I could not get there was a fully baked potato! They were always about 1/2 done! And yes...it is a beautiful state!

RT

Originally Posted by scarface

Thanks, Justin!
I saved that in my digital cookbook under "Jaegerhund's Louisiana Crawfish Boil"!

now....to find some crawfish......hmmmmmmm

you can find ANYTHING on the internet...I'll bet there's somebody that will FedEx live crawfish - I mean, hell, we can get live Maine Lobster .

..I'll check around

Thanks again

-whatever

-Lou

You're very welcome Mr. Lou --- there must be some enterprising crawfish farmer who will ship crawfish at least throughout the lower 48. I think Texas was and maybe is still doing crawfish farming as well as China. In Louisiana, farmers sometimes rotate their ricefields for crawfish farming. I believe the Atchafalaya Basin (a natural wonder to behold ) produces most of the crawfish for Louisiana. Anyway here's a site that might help you and others out if you want to get some crawdads:
http://www.crawdads.net

Justin

wow- lot of responses here - thanks, guys.

I found 35# delivered to my door for $159
here


-whatever

-Lou

Originally Posted by scarface

wow- lot of responses here - thanks, guys.

I found 35# delivered to my door for $159
here


-whatever

-Lou

That's great Lou --crawfish prices are steadily increasing in price --- so get on them now if you can. It's kind of funny that a nasty little mud creature that some starving Cajun bravely ate in the beginning while barely getting by in the swamps is now becoming a specialty food. When I was a kid they were fairly cheap especially before the Louisiana cooking explosion (Blackened redfish and the like) made it kind of a desired thing. It is also funny (let me rant here a little) that to Louisianians there is a big difference between New Orleans (culture, food, etc) and the rest of the state. In general New Orleanians kind of seperated themselves from the whole Cajun thing as Cajun was and is considered country and a little backwards. But when the Louisiana cooking thing started getting exported , all the Louisiana cooking (including Cajun crawfish boils and gumbo) started being associated with New Orleans --- it ain't New Orleans cooking. New Orleans also started claiming in advertisements Cajun Music like Zydeco , etc where as before it was something underneath them --- money has a way of changing things. I'm not Cajun --my parents are from the more redneck Louisiana/Mississippi border area but I do live in southwest Louisiana ----I'm not a big Mardi Gras fan but if you want to see a real authentic (maybe slightly disturbing) Mardi Gras then go to the ones in the small rural towns along the coast and southwest Louisiana --- that's if they let you participate. I'm through now.

Justin

There is a god...

http://yabby.com.au/

Only a few(4) hours drive from Sydney

Originally Posted by Lancer

There is a god...

http://yabby.com.au/

Only a few(4) hours drive from Sydney

How do you guy eat your yabbies?

Justin

boil them by them selves mostly, then with salt and lemon.

Some of us actually get creative from time to time and include them as part of a dish, or halve them and throw them in a pan with a bit of olive oil and garlic. Also on the famous BBQ.

Basically you can pick any cuisien we have and we'll find a way to include a local ingredient.